The Silver Fern

@voodoo said in Dame Valerie:

@canefan said in Dame Valerie:

@mariner4life said in Dame Valerie:

i thought she already retired TBH

Wonderful athlete. Bet the foodbill in that house was insane when they were teenagers.

Her dad got around but you can't doubt his genes. Her, her olympian sister, and Steven Adams is quite a trio

We should have used the man like a prized stallion

A couple of hard locks would be good.

Will give this a bump.

Really enjoyed the cycling over the weekend. Campbell Stewart (and the whole omnium) was great to watch. We have some real contenders for the Olympics in several categories. Looking forward to the Brisbane event this weekend.

Sailing was good as well. That Burling and Tuke combo go pretty well.

They really need more "sitting down" sports for us to excel at.

@sparky said in TSF front page:

Awesome work. Looks great.

Hopefully the new look and the approaching RWC will attracting new interesting posters willing to discuss Rugby in a relatively civilised and informed manner.

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@Nevorian said in Road Trips:

@Kruse Have been as far east as Mt Ararat in Turkey, most of the roads are pretty good in Turkey (oops that was 29 years ago) we were advised to turn around as Saddam Hussain had decided to invade Kuwait. If you are going up through the "stans" and into Mongolia I believe roads there also pretty good and no traffic!

Yeah - going through the "stans", but not Mongolia (at least - not on the way).
So far - UK, France, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey
The route from here on in - Georgia, Azerbaijan, ferry across Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, then down into China via Xinjian, Tibet, then up to Beijing.
After that - I'm seriously considering going on to Mongolia, to hire one of the little local 150cc bikes there for a few weeks. Help kill some time before heading to Japan to watch some rugby.

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Wellington weather etc:

@MN5 said in Wellington weather etc:

@mariner4life said in Wellington weather etc:

@MN5 said in Wellington weather etc:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Wellington weather etc:

Wellington is a horrible mix of cold windy weather, bogans, steep hills with massive earthquake risks, politicians, civil servants, hipsters and worst of all...people who say you cant beat Wellington on a good day.. blerg

There's no bogans here, you're thinking of the Hutt and everyone knows that's not part of Wellington.

yea, you can't just cut out the bits you don't like, otherwise you're not a city, just a small provincial town

It's still the capital of the Nation you're so proud of but don't live in though.

A capital is just a shithole that other people stick polticians and civil servants so normal people dont have to deal with them on a regular basis. Otawa, Canberra... Wellington

I've heard some bullshit on the fern in my time but you referring to yourself like this surely takes the cake.